Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-13
TIE SUFFRAGE QUESTION



EDEzon Posr-INzExxxaE1cER:
AZ sns o. The desosndesfs Of enc O
sur ReEoluti0naFy forefAlherB and
moGheKs who atFUve t0 establish III Oh
GoFerumenf th- priucipls that AtaxM
tion withuut reBFesenfafionsis tyranny
/ protest., that Il Il net necessary 4
wait for . popai1r vote before wumez
have the right q Suffrage. They hasl
exercised the riRhf in Washington Ter
ritoFy ard who can take Il aWay frcn
khems Sureiy, not les, Disk OF Har-
-, b. y0tefng against woman suffrage
becanss he likes % look dawn up0n /
snkieaf class, or ser. Nor FlorR Ne.
Fliznsy, Who II los mach occupied vita
the dissertation Of ths outside Of be-
head Father than she inside. 70 baFder
herself with serious shonRhts
According % The principles Of til
DESIGNATION Of Inda pendsnce Womar
has as much right 20 representation ID
09F Governments as has man. She is In
clnded In the generic te<m man, IN n
sveF she ID taxed or punished for offsn
eea sRAinst the laws. Wy should she
not be included ns veil in the pFiyileRes
honoFs and smolumehta Of she govern.
mentf We All know many women whc
would do far better work IN the United
States Senate than many Of the msu
who are sent there, and Who would
never Disgrace Il az did Preston q
Brooks aud those seven Senators who
we're drank when q certain Silver Bal
9as passed At one time In 1873 or 1879
Nor would they make their countrymen
and Womsn ashamed Of them By such
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been credited with By the newspapers.
A. Queep Victoria has added lnstFe 20
the throne Of England, when compared
with many Of the KinRs whe preceded.
50 might tbs talents and virtues Of some
Of ouF American women shine in our
Senates and Houses Of Representatives
both Stats and National. Yes, and de-
far better service In the Presidential
chair than did James Bnehanan-vho
vas 90 weak - 20 permit southern ofiice
holders 10 steal from the treasury, Ar
ray and Navy departments Of our Gov
eFnment. Certainly. man have no
cause TO be proud and boaatfui over
their 0Un record and history IN govern
ment, NOR TO look down upon the ahili-
ties of Womel 10 govern. but rather
have they cause for humiliation THAI
they have done no better, even N this
country, where. inf ttered as they have
been. they might have done % much
more.
After more than hundred years Of
practice in this so-called kepublic, We
ere yet bat semi-Fepu0lican, and semi.
democratic IN government, or rather We
are living under the government Of o
male aKist0oeacy-Whieh is really the
worst kind Of an aristooraey, because il
includes the ignorant and vile, II they
happen 20 BE- men, and excludes talent,
and excelisnce il embodied
in q woman's form. No wonder women
are restive all over the United States.
They are thoroughly dissatisfied with
the result OF mans WORK, alone, in the
Of our country: 50 are many
Of our best and ablest men. They
Weuld have an evil element left out,
and g better enc bFoaght in. God has
placed rs here, in families, men and
women, each dependent Hpon the other
for life and happiness. and IL one ar
raRates 70 hiDself too mach, aud robs
the other, be Injuries himself and his
race. Tue spirit Of our laws should
eaianate from our homes, and be ad-
iusted 20 meet the needs OF sons and
Of our homes, and never,
never be originated In the gambling
saloon or the bar room.
In an article on machine politics In
New York city, in the November num-
Der Of the Century mage zine, Theodore
Roosevelt tells rs how things have been
IN shat so.called worst gov
srnsd city Ia the World He says that
the class OF men Who neglect their pub
lie duties there ''is composed Of the
great balk of men who range from we'll
70 do. up 10 very r1oh; and that the men
Of small means are usually Of domestic
habits, whose very devotion 10 home,
which is one OF their chief virtues, leads
them 10 neglect their public dnties."
As consequences they heve had q "pr0-
fessional burglar az president Of poW-
erful semi political association" The
man who received the goods he stole
vas an Alderman. Another Alderman
was elected while his hair was still short
from q term IN State prison. school
Trustee had ben convicted OF embez.
element and was the associate Of GRIM
inals," and 80 on. II thatis q picture of
what American city government can
20, is il net time that every
patriotic man aud woman Should WORK
that our city may never be so oasely
HARREET Z. DRVoK,
Seattle, W. T.